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The Doctors and Services in Medicare Part B
JOSEPH GAINES MD
1230 BAXTER ST , ATHENS, GA, 30606 | (706) 389-2425
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
How This Provider Compares
This Provider
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Providers in this state and specialty were reimbursed, on average, $98 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 3 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.
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How This Provider’s Patients Compare
Doctors often say their patients are sicker or more complex than those of their peers. The measure displayed below, used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, takes into account patients’ characteristics to estimate whether they are expected to have above-average Medicare spending. It considers patients’ age, sex, diagnoses from the past year and other factors. This provider’s score below takes into account all of his Part B patients.
This Provider's Services
This provider performed 24 different services in 2015
(3 were redacted as they were performed on less than 11 patients)
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CATEGORYDescription of Service |
Times Performed (or Units) | This Service's Rank | Patients | Unique Visits Per Patient |
Billed to Medicare | Payments from Medicare |
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PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYPathology examination of tissue using a microscope, inter... + Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity × Service Code: 88305Performed in a facility |
2,418 times performed, 56% of his services |
1st 1st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
1,487 patients got this service, 82% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$537,666.48an average of $222.36 per time performed |
$70,968.30 an average of $29.35 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYTissue or cell analysis by immunologic technique Service Code: 88342Performed in a facility |
418 times performed, 10% of his services |
2nd 4th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
392 patients got this service, 22% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$67,853.94an average of $162.33 per time performed |
$11,574.42 an average of $27.69 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYPreparation of tissue for examination by removing any cal... + Preparation of tissue for examination by removing any calcium present × Service Code: 88311Performed in a facility |
308 times performed, 7% of his services |
3rd 10th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
300 patients got this service, 17% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$21,701.68an average of $70.46 per time performed |
$2,993.76 an average of $9.72 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYPathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moder... + Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately low complexity × Service Code: 88304Performed in a facility |
223 times performed, 5% of his services |
4th 8th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
209 patients got this service, 12% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$31,429.62an average of $140.94 per time performed |
$1,973.55 an average of $8.85 per time performed |
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Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue Service Code: 88341Performed in a facility |
162 times performed, 4% of his services |
5th 3rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
48 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$25,434.00an average of $157.00 per time performed |
$6,792.66 an average of $41.93 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYPathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moder... + Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately high complexity × Service Code: 88307Performed in a facility |
132 times performed, 3% of his services |
6th 6th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
112 patients got this service, 6% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$41,135.16an average of $311.63 per time performed |
$8,465.16 an average of $64.13 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYEvaluation of fine needle aspirate with interpretation an... + Evaluation of fine needle aspirate with interpretation and report × Service Code: 88173Performed in a facility |
75 times performed, 2% of his services |
7th 16th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
68 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$19,794.00an average of $263.92 per time performed |
$4,120.50 an average of $54.94 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYMicroscopic genetic analysis of tumor Service Code: 88360Performed in a facility |
74 times performed, 2% of his services |
8th 20th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
33 patients got this service, 2% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$9,264.06an average of $125.19 per time performed |
$3,133.90 an average of $42.35 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYPathology examination of tissue during surgery Service Code: 88331Performed in a facility |
71 times performed, 2% of his services |
9th 11th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
53 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$16,591.99an average of $233.69 per time performed |
$3,469.77 an average of $48.87 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYSpecial stained specimen slides to examine tissue includi... + Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue including interpretation and report × Service Code: 88313Performed in a facility |
66 times performed, 2% of his services |
10th 7th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
29 patients got this service, 2% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$5,596.14an average of $84.79 per time performed |
$607.86 an average of $9.21 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYSpecial stained specimen slides to identify organisms inc... + Special stained specimen slides to identify organisms including interpretation and report × Service Code: 88312Performed in a facility |
47 times performed, 1% of his services |
11th 5th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
32 patients got this service, 2% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$4,769.09an average of $101.47 per time performed |
$998.28 an average of $21.24 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYPathology examination of specimen during surgery Service Code: 88332Performed in a facility |
47 times performed, 1% of his services |
12th 34th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
29 patients got this service, 2% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$5,953.02an average of $126.66 per time performed |
$1,135.05 an average of $24.15 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYCell examination of body fluid Service Code: 88106Performed in a facility |
45 times performed, 1% of his services |
13th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in GA perform this service |
43 patients got this service, 2% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$4,722.30an average of $104.94 per time performed |
$658.35 an average of $14.63 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYCell examination of body fluid Service Code: 88104Performed in a facility |
35 times performed, 0.81% of his services |
14th 48th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
24 patients got this service, 1% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$4,281.55an average of $122.33 per time performed |
$789.25 an average of $22.55 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYPathology examination of tissue using a microscope Service Code: 88302Performed in a facility |
34 times performed, 0.79% of his services |
15th 40th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
33 patients got this service, 2% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$3,494.86an average of $102.79 per time performed |
$184.28 an average of $5.42 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYEvaluation of fine needle aspirate Service Code: 88172Performed in a facility |
33 times performed, 0.77% of his services |
16th 30th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
28 patients got this service, 2% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$5,504.73an average of $166.81 per time performed |
$931.26 an average of $28.22 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYService Code: 88108Performed in a facility |
27 times performed, 0.63% of his services |
17th 18th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
26 patients got this service, 1% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$2,982.42an average of $110.46 per time performed |
$468.72 an average of $17.36 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYPathology examination of tissue using a microscope, high ... + Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, high complexity × Service Code: 88309Performed in a facility |
25 times performed, 0.58% of his services |
18th 21st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
25 patients got this service, 1% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$13,524.00an average of $540.96 per time performed |
$2,880.00 an average of $115.20 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYService Code: 76098Performed in a facility |
15 times performed, 0.35% of his services |
19th 76th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
14 patients got this service, 0.77% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$1,188.90an average of $79.26 per time performed |
$94.05 an average of $6.27 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYPathology examination of tissue specimen during surgery Service Code: 88333Performed in a facility |
12 times performed, 0.28% of his services |
20th 37th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
12 patients got this service, 0.66% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$2,755.56an average of $229.63 per time performed |
$589.20 an average of $49.10 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYBlood smear interpretation by physician with written report + Blood smear interpretation by physician with written report × Service Code: 85060Performed in a facility |
11 times performed, 0.26% of his services |
21st 24th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
11 patients got this service, 0.61% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$1,029.60an average of $93.60 per time performed |
$209.11 an average of $19.01 per time performed |
Notes: Medicare redacted this data for any services provided to fewer than 11 patients. The contact information listed above is the most current we have for this provider. The services listed on this page may have been delivered at a previous address or as part of a different practice.
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Sources: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, American Medical Association
Services that begin with a letter come from CMS. All other codes and descriptions of the medical procedures are from the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set, copyright 2015 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Where practical, AMA’s consumer friendly translation of the CPT descriptor was used. ProPublica has received permission from the AMA to use these codes on this site.